Thematic Bible

Psalm 55:1

Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!

Psalm 55:2

Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

Psalm 55:3

because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 55:4

My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 55:5

Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

Psalm 55:6

And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

Psalm 55:7

yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 55:8

I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."

Psalm 55:9

Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 55:10

Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 55:11

ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
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Psalm 55:12

For it is not an enemy who taunts me-- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me-- then I could hide from him.

Psalm 55:13

But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

Psalm 55:14

We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng.

Psalm 55:15

Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

Psalm 55:16

But I call to God, and the LORD will save me.

Psalm 55:17

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.

Psalm 55:18

He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.

Psalm 55:19

God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God.

Psalm 55:20

My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.